American Idol contestants discography

This is a comprehensive listing of official post-Idol releases by various contestants of the television show American Idol.

All of the compilations and singles of the show as well as most of its contestants' singles and albums were released by 19 Recordings with Sony Music Entertainment (the general record company associated and affiilated with the Idol series in most countries through its RCA/Jive Label Group) from 2002–2010 and with Universal Music Group (through its Interscope-Geffen-A&M Label Group) from 2011 onwards.

The first winner Kelly Clarkson remains the best-selling contestant worldwide with 20 million albums sold followed by fourth winner Carrie Underwood (best-selling contestant in the United States) with 15 million albums sold worldwide.

By the end of 2009, all the contestants had 257 number one singles in the Billboard charts and have sold over 66 million albums worldwide and 56 million singles in US alone

Season 1

• American Idol: Greatest Moments

Kelly Clarkson

Main article: Kelly Clarkson discography

• "Before Your Love" / "A Moment Like This"
• Thankful
  • "Miss Independent"
  • "Low"
  • "The Trouble with Love Is"
• Breakaway
  • "Breakaway"
  • "Since U Been Gone"
  • "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
  • "Because of You"
  • "Walk Away"
• My December
  • "Never Again"
  • "Sober"
  • "One Minute"
  • "Don't Waste Your Time"
• All I Ever Wanted
  • "My Life Would Suck Without You"
  • "I Do Not Hook Up"
  • "Already Gone"
  • "All I Ever Wanted"
• Stronger
  • "Mr. Know It All
  • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
  • "Dark Side"
• Greatest Hits: Chapter One
  • "Catch My Breath"
  • "Don't Rush"
  • "People Like Us"
• Wrapped in Red
  • "Underneath the Tree"
  • "Wrapped in Red"
• Single: "Tie It Up"
• Piece by Piece
  • "Heartbeat Song"

Justin Guarini

Main article: Justin Guarini § Discography

• The Midnight Voices
• Justin Guarini
  • "Unchained Melody"
  • "Sorry"
• Stranger Things Have Happened
• "Did You Know That I Know Your Journey?"
• "Everlasting"
• Revolve (EP)

Nikki McKibbin

Main article: Nikki McKibbin § Discography

• Unleashed
  • "To Be with You"
  • "The Lie"
  • "Naked Inside"
  • "Save What's Left of Me"
  • "Cry Little Sister"
• "Here to There"
• "Inconsolable"
• "Made it" (Featuring The League)
• Psychotrip (EP) ( with Love Stricken Demise)
  • "Celebrity High"

Tamyra Gray

• The Dreamer
  • "Raindrops Will Fall"

RJ Helton

• Real Life
  • "Even If"
  • "My Devotion"

Ryan Starr

• "My Religion"
• "Love Gone Bad"
• "Stranded"
• "7am"
• "Blue"
• "Broken"

Jim Verraros

• Unsaid and Understood
• Rollercoaster
  • "You Turn It On"
  • "I Want You"
  • "You're Getting Crazy"
  • "Outside"
  • "Welcome to Hollywood"
• Do Not Disturb

Season 2

• American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs
  • "God Bless the USA"
  • "What the World Needs Now"

Ruben Studdard

Main article: Ruben Studdard § Discography

• "Flying Without Wings" / "Superstar"
• Soulful
  • "Sorry 2004"
  • "What If"
• I Need an Angel
  • "I Need an Angel"
• The Return
  • "Change Me"
  • "Make Ya Feel Beautiful"
• "Celebrate Me Home"
• Love Is
  • "Together"
  • "Don't Make 'Em Like U No More"
• Playlist: The Very Best of Ruben Studdard
• Letters from Birmingham
  • "June 28th (I'm Single)"

Clay Aiken

Main article: Clay Aiken discography

• "Bridge over Troubled Water" / "This Is the Night"
• Measure of a Man
  • "Invisible"
  • "The Way" / "Solitaire"
  • "I Will Carry You"
  • "Measure of a Man"
• "The First Noel" (from American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics)
• "Silver Bells" (from American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics)
• Merry Christmas with Love
  • "Winter Wonderland"
  • "O Holy Night"
  • "Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful"
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  • "Mary, Did You Know?"
• A Thousand Different Ways
  • "Without You"
  • "A Thousand Days"
• All Is Well: Songs for Christmas (EP)
• On My Way Here
  • "On My Way Here"
• The Very Best of Clay Aiken
• Tried and True

Kimberley Locke

• "Silver Bells" (with Clay Aiken)
• One Love
  • "8th World Wonder"
  • "Wrong"
  • "Coulda Been"
  • "I Could"
• Based on a True Story
  • "Change"
  • "Band of Gold"
  • "Fall"
• Christmas
  • "Up on the House Top"
  • "Jingle Bells"
  • "Frosty the Snowman"
  • "We Need a Little Christmas"
• "Strobelight"
• Four for the Floor
  • "Finally Free"

Josh Gracin

• Josh Gracin
  • "I Want to Live"
  • "Nothin' to Lose"
  • "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)"
• We Weren't Crazy
  • "Favorite State of Mind"
  • "I Keep Coming Back"
  • "We Weren't Crazy"
  • "Unbelievable (Ann Marie)"
  • "Telluride"
• Redemption
  • "Enough"
  • "She's a Different Kind of Crazy"
  • "Over Me"
  • "Cover Girl"
  • "Long Way to Go"

Carmen Rasmusen

• Carmen (EP)
  • "Photograph"
• Nothin' Like the Summer
  • "Nothin' Like the Summer"

Kimberly Caldwell

• "Who Will You Run To"
• "Fear of Flying"
• Without Regret
  • "Mess of You"
  • "Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys"

Corey Clark

• Corey Clark

Charles Grigsby

• Charles Grigsby (EP)

Vanessa Olivarez

• Vanessa
• Butterfly Stitch EP
• Butterfly Stitch - Live at The Loft
• "The One"
• The One (The Remixes)

Others

• Quiana Parler
  • Use Your Gift

• Jordan Segundo
  • Jordan

• George Trice
  • George Trice

Season 3

• American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics

Fantasia Barrino

Main article: Fantasia Barrino discography

• "I Believe"
• Free Yourself
  • "Truth Is"
  • "Baby Mama"
  • "Free Yourself"
  • "Ain't Gon' Beg You"
• Fantasia
  • "Hood Boy"
  • "When I See U"
  • "Only One U"
• Back to Me
  • "Even Angels"
  • "Bittersweet"
• Side Effects of You
  • "Lose to Win"
  • "Without Me"
  • "Side Effects of You"

Diana DeGarmo

Main article: Diana DeGarmo § Discography

• "Dreams"
• Blue Skies
  • "Emotional"

Jasmine Trias

Main article: Jasmine Trias § Discography

• "Love 'Ko To"
• Jasmine Trias
  • "Excuses"
  • "Lose Control"
  • "Sana Lagi"
  • "Kung Paano"
  • "I'd Rather"
• "The Christmas Song"

LaToya London

• Love & Life
  • "Appreciate" / "Every Part of Me" / "All By Myself"
  • "State of My Heart"

George Huff

• My Christmas EP (EP)
  • "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
• Miracles
  • "Brighter Day"
  • "Miracles"
  • "You Know Me"
• George Huff
  • "Don't Let Go"

John Stevens

• Red
  • Come Fly with Me

Jennifer Hudson

Main article: Jennifer Hudson discography

• "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
• Jennifer Hudson
  • "Spotlight"
  • "The Star Spangled Banner"
  • "If This Isn't Love"
  • "Giving Myself"
• I Remember Me
  • "Where You At"

Jon Peter Lewis

• "Turn to Grey"
• Stories from Hollywood
  • "Stories from Hollywood"
• "It's Christmas"
• "If I Go Away/Man Like Me"
• Break the Silence
• Jon Peter Lewis (EP)
  • "Crazy Love"

Camile Velasco

• "Hangin On"
• "Guava Jelly" (feat. Stephen Marley)
• Koy
  • "Super Star"

William Hung

• Inspiration
• Hung for the Holidays
• Miracle: Happy Summer from William Hung

Others

• Kiera Bivens
  • Love, Lipstick and Poetry

• Lisa Leuschner
  • Sing Me Home
  • Reality

• Dina Lopez
  • Str8up Band

• Lana Phillips
  • Love, Lana

• John Preator
  • I'll Be Seeing You

• Alan Ritchson
  • This Is Next Time

• Donnie Williams
  • Just Like Magic

• Lisa Wilson
  • Sun Shiney Day

Season 4

• American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers

Carrie Underwood

Main article: Carrie Underwood discography

• "Inside Your Heaven" / "Independence Day"
• Some Hearts
  • "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
  • "Some Hearts"
  • "Don't Forget to Remember Me"
  • "Before He Cheats"
  • "Wasted"
• "I'll Stand by You"
• Carnival Ride
  • "So Small"
  • "All-American Girl"
  • "Last Name"
  • "Just a Dream"
  • "I Told You So"
• "Praying for Time"
• "Just Stand Up!" (with Various Artists)
• "Home Sweet Home"
• Play On
  • "Cowboy Casanova"
  • "Temporary Home"
  • "Undo It"
  • "Mama's Song"
• Blown Away
  • "Good Girl"
  • "Blown Away"
  • "Two Black Cadillacs"
  • "See You Again"
• Greatest Hits: Decade Number 1
  • "Something in the Water"
  • "Little Toy Guns"
• Storyteller
  • "Smoke Break"
  • "Heartbeat"

Bo Bice

• "I Don't Want to Be"
• "Inside Your Heaven" / "Vehicle"
• The Real Thing
  • "The Real Thing"
  • "U Make Me Better"
• "Blades of Glory"
• See the Light
  • "Witness"
• 3
  • "You Take Yourself with You"

Vonzell Solomon

• My Struggle

Constantine Maroulis

• Constantine

Nadia Turner

• "Standing on Love"

Nikko Smith

• Revolution

Jessica Sierra

• Deepest Secret EP

Others

Judd Harris

• Fly (with Visible from Space)

Jeff Johnson

• Enter In
• Glorious Day

Jamie Paul Koehler

• It's Christmas Time'

Melinda Lira

• Melinda

Sarah Mather

• Another Day

Kurtis Parks

• Something for Everyone

Elizabeth Pha (aka Chandara)

• The Moon & the Stars

Celena Rae

• Invisible Woman

Mario Vazquez

• Mario Vazquez
  • "Gallery"

Jared Yates

• All That I Am

Season 5

• American Idol Season 5: Encores

Taylor Hicks

Main article: Taylor Hicks discography

• "Do I Make You Proud" / "Takin' It to the Streets"
• Taylor Hicks
  • "Just to Feel That Way"
  • "Heaven Knows"
• The Distance
  • "What's Right Is Right"
  • "Seven Mile Breakdown"

Katharine McPhee

• "Think"
• "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" / "My Destiny"
• Katharine McPhee
  • "Over It"
  • "Love Story"
• Unbroken
  • "Had It All"
• Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

Elliott Yamin

• "Moody's Mood for Love"
• "This Christmas"
• Elliott Yamin
  • "Movin' On"
  • "Wait for You"
  • "One Word (Elliott Yamin song)"
  • "Home"
  • "In Love With You Forever"
• Sounds of the Season: The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection
  • "Warm Me Up"
• My Kind of Holiday
• Fight for Love
  • "Fight for Love
  • "You Say"
  • "Can't Keep on Loving You (From a Distance)"

Chris Daughtry with Daughtry

Main article: Daughtry discography

• "Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)"
• Daughtry
  • "It's Not Over"
  • "Home"
  • "What I Want"
  • "Over You"
  • "Crashed"
  • "Feels Like Tonight"
  • "What About Now"
• Leave This Town
  • "No Surprise"
  • "You Don't Belong"
  • "Life After You"
  • "September"
• Break the Spell
  • "Renegade"
  • "Crawling Back to You"
  • "Outta My Head"
  • "Start of Something Good"
• Baptized
  • "Waiting for Superman"
  • "Long Live Rock 'n Roll"
  • "Battleships"

Paris Bennett

• "Midnight Train to Georgia"
• Princess P
  • "Ordinary Love"
  • "Duet"
  • "My Boyfriend's Back" (Promo only)

Kellie Pickler

Main article: Kellie Pickler discography

• Small Town Girl
  • "Red High Heels"
  • "I Wonder"
  • "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind"
• Kellie Pickler
  • "Don't You Know You're Beautiful"
  • "Best Days of Your Life"
  • "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You"
  • "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again"
• 100 Proof
  • "Tough"
  • "100 Proof"

Ace Young

• "Father Figure"
• "Scattered"
• Ace Young
  • "Addicted"

Bucky Covington

• Bucky Covington
  • "A Different World"
  • "It's Good to Be Us"
  • "I'll Walk"
• I'm Alright
  • "I Want My Life Back"
  • "Gotta Be Somebody"
  • "A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)"
• TBD Album
  • "I Wanna Be That Feeling"

Mandisa

Main article: Mandisa discography

• True Beauty
  • "Only the World"
  • "God Speaking"
  • "Voice of a Savior"
• Christmas Joy EP
  • "Christmas Makes Me Cry"
• It's Christmas
  • "Christmas Day"
  • "Angels We Have Heard on High"
• "Lose My Soul"
• Freedom
  • "My Deliverer"
  • "He Is with You"
• What If We Were Real
  • "Stronger"
  • "Good Morning"

Others

Bobby "Bluu Suede" Bullard

• The Bluu Suede Project

Ayla Brown

• Forward (LP)

Patrick Hall

• One for the Ages (LP)

Josh Royse

• Memories

David Radford

• Swing on By (LP)

Stevie Scott

• Stevie Scott (EP)

Brianna Taylor

• Brianna Taylor (EP)
• Fireworks at the Fairground

Stephanie White

• Knee Deep InSanity

Season 6

• American Idol Season 6: Greatest Hits

Jordin Sparks

Main article: Jordin Sparks discography

• Jordin Sparks (EP)
  • "This Is My Now"
• Jordin Sparks
  • "Tattoo"
  • "No Air" (w/ Chris Brown)
  • "One Step at a Time"
• Battlefield
  • "Battlefield"
  • "S.O.S (Let the Music Play)"

Blake Lewis

• Blake Lewis (EP)
  • "You Give Love a Bad Name"
• A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)
  • "Break Anotha"
  • "How Many Words"
• Heartbreak on Vinyl
  • "Sad Song"
  • "Heartbreak on Vinyl"
  • "Till' We See the Sun"
• Portrait of a Chameleon
  • "Your Touch"

Melinda Doolittle

• Melinda Doolittle (EP)
  • "My Funny Valentine"
• "It's Your Love"
• Coming Back to You

LaKisha Jones

• LaKisha Jones (EP)
• So Glad I'm Me
  • "Let's Go Celebrate"

Chris Richardson

• Chris Richardson (EP)
• Come Right Back to You
  • "All Alone"
• "Far Away" (as featured artist)

Phil Stacey

• Phil Stacey (EP)
• Phil Stacey
  • "If You Didn't Love Me"
• Into the Light
  • "Old Glory"
  • "Inside Out"
  • "You're Not Shaken"
  • "Some Kind of Love"

Sanjaya Malakar

• Dancing to the Music in My Head

Haley Scarnato

• StrongHeart
  • "Girls Night Out"

Gina Glocksen

• Gina Glocksen - EP

Chris Sligh

• Running Back to You'
  • "Empty Me"
  • "Arise"

Stephanie Edwards

• "On Our Way"
• "Here I Am"

Brandon Rogers

• Automatic

Others

Sarah Burgess

• One
  • "Dangerouz"
  • "I'm So Crushed"
• Didn't Matter That

Amanda Coluccio

• "Fly Away"
• "Now That I Found You"

Sean Michel

• The Thrill of Hope

Sherman Pore

• For My Lady Love

Season 7

David Cook

Main article: David Cook discography

• "Dream Big"
• "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
• "The World I Know"
• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
• "Billie Jean"
• "Always Be My Baby"
• "Hello"
• "The Music of the Night"
• "Eleanor Rigby"
• "I'm Alive"
• "Little Sparrow"
• "Hungry Like the Wolf"
• "Innocent"
• "Day Tripper"
• "All Right Now"
• "Happy Together" (Originally by The Turtles)
• David Cook
  • "The Time of My Life"
  • "Light On"
  • "Bar-ba-sol"
  • "Come Back to Me"
  • "Permanent"
• This Loud Morning
  • "The Last Goodbye"
  • "Fade into Me

David Archuleta

Main article: David Archuleta discography

• "Imagine"
• "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
• "In This Moment"
• "Longer"
• "Think of Me"
• "Angels"
• David Archuleta
  • "Crush"
  • "A Little Too Not Over You"
  • "Touch My Hand"
• Christmas from the Heart
• The Other Side of Down
  • "Something 'Bout Love"
  • "Elevator"
• Begin
• No Matter How Far

Jason Castro

• "Hallelujah"
• "Over the Rainbow"
• "White Christmas"
• The Love Uncompromised EP (EP)
  • "Let's Just Fall in Love Again"
• Jason Castro
  • "That's What I'm Here For"
  • "Over the Rainbow"
• Who I Am
  • "You Are"
• Only a Mountain

Brooke White

• High Hopes and Heart Break (2009)
  • "Hold Up My Heart"
  • "Radio Radio"
• Gemini EP (as part of Jack and White) (2011)
• Winter EP (as part of Jack and White) (2012)

Carly Smithson with We Are the Fallen

• Tear the World Down
  • "Bury Me Alive"

Kristy Lee Cook

• Why Wait
  • "15 Minutes of Shame"

Michael Johns

• Hold Back My Heart
  • "Heart on My Sleeve"

Ramiele Malubay

• "We Are One (This Christmas)"
• "Kaya"
• "More to Me"
• "Here I Am"

Amanda Overmyer

• Solidify
  • "Play On"
  • "Love Me Like You Want"

Josiah Leming

• Angels Undercover EP
• Punk Ass Rain EP
• Come On Kid
• Another Life

Season 8

Kris Allen

Main article: Kris Allen discography

• Season 8 Favorite Performances
  • "Heartless"
  • "Ain't No Sunshine"
  • "Apologize"
  • "Falling Slowly"
  • "What's Going On"
  • "Make You Feel My Love"
  • "No Boundaries"
• Kris Allen
  • "Live Like We're Dying"
  • "Let It Be"
  • "The Truth (with Pat Monahan)
• Thank You Camellia
  • "The Vision of Love"
• Horizons

Adam Lambert

Main article: Adam Lambert discography

• Season 8 Favorite Performances
  • "Mad World"
  • "A Change Is Gonna Come"
  • "One"
  • "Cryin'"
  • "Slow Ride" (with Allison Iraheta)
  • "The Tracks of My Tears"
  • "Feeling Good"
• "No Boundaries"
• Take One
• For Your Entertainment
  • "For Your Entertainment"
  • "Whataya Want from Me"
  • "Time for Miracles"
  • "If I Had You"
• Trespassing
  • "Better Than I Know Myself"
  • "Never Close Our Eyes"

Danny Gokey

• Non-album song
  • "You Are So Beautiful"
• My Best Days
  • "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"
  • "I Will Not Say Goodbye"
• Non-album song
  • "Second Hand Heart"

Allison Iraheta

• "Slow Ride" (with Adam Lambert)
• Just like You
  • "Friday I'll Be Over U"
  • "Scars"
  • "Don't Waste the Pretty"

Anoop Desai

• All Is Fair
  • "My Name"
• Zero.0

Scott MacIntyre

• Heartstrings

Michael Sarver

• Michael Sarver
  • "You Are"
  • "Cinderella Girl"
  • "Ferris Wheel"
• Christmas

Season 9

Lee DeWyze

• "Beautiful Day
• "Hallelujah"
• "Falling Slowly" (with Crystal Bowersox)
• "The Boxer"
• "Everybody Hurts"
• Live It Up
  • "Sweet Serendipity"
  • "Beautiful Like You"
• Frames
  • "Silver Lining"
  • "Fight"

Crystal Bowersox

Main article: Crystal Bowersox discography

• "Up to the Mountain"
• "Falling Slowly" (with Lee DeWyze)
• "Black Velvet"
• "Me and Bobby McGee"
• Farmer's Daughter
  • "Farmer's Daughter"
  • "Ridin' with the Radio"

Casey James

• "Let's Don't Call It a Night"
• "Crying on a Suitcase"

Aaron Kelly

• "I Can't Wait for Christmas"

Tim Urban

• Heart of Me
  • "Heart of Me"

Siobhan Magnus

• Moonbaby
  • "Beatrice Dream"
  • "Black Doll"

Andrew Garcia

• "Crazy"

Season 10

Scotty McCreery

• American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery
• American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Scotty McCreery EP
• Clear as Day
  • "I Love You This Big"
  • "The Trouble with Girls"
  • "Water Tower Town"
• Christmas with Scotty McCreery
• See You Tonight
  • "See You Tonight"
  • "Feelin' It"

Lauren Alaina

• American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina
• American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Lauren Alaina EP
• Wildflower
  • "Like My Mother Does"
  • "Georgia Peaches"
  • "Eighteen Inches"
• "Barefoot and Buckwild"

Haley Reinhart

• American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Haley Reinhart EP
• "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Casey Abrams)
• Listen Up!
  • "Free"

James Durbin

• American Idol Season 10 Highlights: James Durbin EP
• Memories of a Beautiful Disaster
  • "Stand Up"
  • "Love Me Bad"
  • "HIgher Than Heaven

Casey Abrams

• Casey Abrams
  • "Get Out"
  • "Simple Life"

Stefano Langone (as Stefano)

• "I'm on a Roll"
• "Yes to Love"

Pia Toscano

• "This Time"

Thia Megia

• "One Day"

Naima Adedapo

• Untitled EP
  • 'Free Your Mind"

Ashthon Jones

• "Lookout"

Tim Halperin

• Rise and Fall
  • "The Last Song"

Chris Medina

• What Are Words
  • "What Are Words"

Season 11

Phillip Phillips

• Phillip Phillips: Journey to the Finale
• American Idol Season 11 Highlights
• The World from the Side of the Moon
  • "Home"
  • "Gone, Gone, Gone"

Jessica Sanchez

• "Change Nothing"
• Jessica Sanchez: Journey to the Finale
• American Idol Season 11 Highlights
• Me, You & the Music
  • "Tonight"

Joshua Ledet

• American Idol Season 11 Highlights

Hollie Cavanagh

• American Idol Season 11 Highlights
• "Outer Limit"

Skylar Laine

• American Idol Season 11 Highlights
• "Settle Down"

Elise Testone

• In This Life
  • "I Will Not Break"

Colton Dixon

• A Messenger
  • "Never Gone"
  • "You Are"

DeAndre Brackensick

• "Her Crazy"

Heejun Han (as HeeJun)

• "Bring the Love Back"

Erika Van Pelt

• My Independence
  • "Listen, Learn, Then Delete"

Season 12

Candice Glover

• Music Speaks
  • "I Am Beautiful"
  • "Cried"

Kree Harrison

• "All Cried Out"

Angie Miller

• "You Set Me Free"
• "This Christmas Song"
• Weathered

Janelle Arthur

• "What You Asked For"

Paul Jolley

• "Healed"

Season 13

Caleb Johnson

• Testify
  • "As Long as You Love Me"
  • "Only One"

Jena Irene

• "We Are One"

Alex Preston

• "The Light Was Already Here"

Sam Woolf

• Pretend

Dexter Roberts

• "Dream About Me"

Ben Briley

• Outilier

Emily Piriz

• "One of Those Nights"

Season 14

Nick Fradiani

• "Beautiful Life"

Clark Beckham

• "Champion"

Jax

• "Forcefield"
• "La La Land"

Rayvon Owen

• "Air"

Adanna Duru

• "Transparent Soul"